Sammy Davis in 1955 Interview part 1 of 2

[@rooseveltdavis9559]

One of the greatest entertainers in world. The legendary Sammy Davis Jr. Young, handsome and extremely talented. R.I.P. brother Sammy.

[@hokeywolf3416]

It's no wonder he was such a success. A truly humble, talented and optimistic man.

[@karenKristal]

Sammy is such a sweet person, quite ahead of his time in a lot of ways

[@thetruequeen644]

I was born in 1957 and in those days blacks didn't have any rights to much of anything, this I remember and we were segregated back then but this man was so gifted and I know he faced many many adversities but he had a much greater ambition and determination to allow any of it hold him down or dictate to him who he could be, where he was going and what he could achieve. God bless U Mr Sammy Davis Jr U opened the doors for many blacks to follow and U r so very much appreciated in love, gratitude and respect.

[@jaajaarogers9101]

The true Queen yes his highly intelligent and talented , but white America use blacks to make money on their talents so I disagree on that phrase that Sammy open doors for blacks , as it’s always been just blacks from the start who sing 🎶 dance 💃 act , do all entertainment but whites run the businesses this is abuse

[@afuwad4073]

Amazingly eloquent and articulate.

[@kiasky1]

Why wouldn’t he be?

[@BobKnight-mm2ze]

Thanks so much for the upload of parts 1 and 2. And for anybody out there, if you get a chance, read those 2 Sammy autobiographies, they are powerful. I think his daughter also wrote a sort of third installment from her perspective. But what a life. If you think about the baton passing from old showbiz to modern showbiz, race, religion, marriage, adoption, social/political issues, physical ability AND physical injury-so many things captured in one life.

[@vivereper2184]

I never cease watching Sammy Davis Junior. He was the best that ever was in entertainment.

[@ThePapasmurf1946]

Overall, the most talented person in American show business that I've ever witnessed. Also he was a humanitarian and civil rights activist. A heroic person, in my book.

[@verntv996]

Sammy Davis Jr biopic is way overdue!!!!

[@crysdee461]

Vertis Riles yes and I think Elijah Kelly must play him.

[@darcyarthur1480]

Jeremy Pope is playing him now

[@tararobinson6023]

He paid the price for every black entertainer today. He took all the pain and discrimination for them. I appreciate my ancestors...those who came before us and laid down in order for us to stand in our power today. We're not where we should be...but we are not where we use to be because of GREATNESS LIKE SAMMY DAVIS JR

[@jasonpeng33]

Very well said!

[@nicklh186]

Your first two sentences nearly brought me to tears, sister. That is so true 😢💔

[@pennylan6466]

His net worth was .5 million dollars…. Way more than most.

[@luizamariaxavier8321]

A genius!

[@nadineF]

So true. Sammy doesn’t receive the credit he deserves

[@monicaraesmith]

. SAMMY HAS SO MUCH SWAGGER!!

[@Jason_wears_stuff]

yes

[@bakoliketaco]

He had so much charm.

[@guidingmike2823]

The one thing that is ever present in these old talk shows is the cigarette. Sadly, cigarettes (cancer) killed many of these great entertainers

[@rockyracoon3233]

Yes, Sammy along with Bogart and John Wayne.:'(

[@JoeWellington]

The idea of the show was Edward R Murrow would stay in New York and visit the stars' homes live via satelite. The idea that satelites could bring live pictures from anywhere in the country/world was a brand new idea. It was part of the excitement of the show.

[@thisislaflaretv5250]

R.I.P Brother. You ran your race well

[@Starthur41]

Everyone from the 50's has "that voice"

[@Regimeshifts]

I was actually wondering whether it was the recording devices of the time because every damn person speaks "that way"

[@skyllarrk]

To my knowledge, that "ring" you hear in the voice *is* slightly due to the recording equipment! Look up videos of people from now trying out old recording machinery, and it makes them sound "that way" that I believe that you mean, too.

[@spaciousgrace3816]

They used to read . A lot . It’s that simple

[@anthjacks]

Because they all have 💨💨💨

[@doesitmatter6015]

It's called a mid-atlantic/transatlantic accent. But the audio quality has a little bit of an effect too.

[@amandalively1]

He always dressed well.

[@capjoartist1200]

A TRUE LEGEND A UNIQUE MAN R.I.P.

[@hreed3303]

Sweet man. So talented.

[@rdwrdw3672]

He was a good looking man

[@mrgivins9690]

This man said the same thing!

[@kiasky1]

When he was young.

[@rooseveltdavis9559]

Sammy was a cool cat. Enough said.

[@1041normalguy]

They should make a Sammy Movie.

[@letsif]

There's no one who could dupli ate his multi genius talent

[@spicyhot2552]

I think a Sammy Davis Jr. movie is long over due.

[@rdwrdw3672]

He's too multi faceted

[@dalebaker9109]

totally talented, and so very very young! I feel so sorry, for all the rubbish he had to put up with! but people, can be so cruel and narrow minded. he let that great talent shine out, and silenced the idiots.

[@junemury1274]

Fabulous talent!!!

[@badgerrrlattin35]

Interesting camera work! I like it.

[@OGKennyLee]

He spoke so eloquently...

[@dennislackey650]

Mr Cool, Calm and Collect...I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU and Your Kind 💓. And your Beautiful wife May Britt. RIP

[@kiasky1]

No his beautiful wife Altovise.

[@miklmiklmtrcycl6009]

Amazing man!

[@Madyetmellow]

KZbin has been mucking me about with its algorithms recently. Glad it brought this one to my recommended. Sammy is a legend

[@Paula-nt2uc]

Surrounded by family!

[@joym9189]

Thanks for these Videos what a pleasure to see

[@tweezee]

i don't understand why sammy thought of himself as ugly. he was very handsome to me. and a great person.

[@radiovixen76]

I read somewhere that men thought Sammy was ugly but women thought he was beautiful because of his magnetism. He was sexy as hell

[@mrgivins9690]

Sammy never thought that!

[@tweezee]

@@mrgivins9690 Read his autobiography

[@charleswinokoor6023]

His father and uncle. How about that. I’ve never seen those two being interviewed.

[@namastewellness]

Where is Part 2 of 2?

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

Sammy Davis, Jr. was the ONLY entertainer whose death announcement saddened me. I wish someone could have helped him to stop smoking.

[@hmol1955]

Sammy were on an Eddie Murphy Show, shortly before hes death. That was something very special, and just for once he led out his indignation, towards the stupidity of racism, that he experienced down through the years. Wish that somebody couldt upload that clip. Jee, what a man!

[@thetruequeen644]

Wow Sammy looks so different without glasses

[@rayburton4867]

Class Act!

[@kiasky1]

In those days, people had manners. They were very respectful.

[@fromthesidelines]

There were no "satellites" in 1955. There WERE microwave relays that could beam pictures from one section of the country to another- that's how Murrow managed to sit in a comfortable studio in New York, while his "guests" were in their homes [or wherever they happened to be], interviewed live. What you didn't know was that the cameras were in those homes during most of the week, as the rooms were "blocked out", as well as the celebrities' "positions", right up to the Friday night broadcast.

[@rockyracoon3233]

The first satellite was Telstar in 1962.

[@StarZendonna1687]

GOOD GOD!! He's so FINE!!!!

[@MadPuppets1]

its the original cribs and how classy can sammy be

[@ethanmon2672]

Where can I find full video?

[@damarcusmomm05]

Chadwick Boseman could have played Sammy with no problem, but he left us extremely too soon 😢 R.I.P Chadwick 🙏🏾

[@kiasky1]

What???? No he couldn’t

[@simonsez1787]

I think a younger Tommy Davidson or Don Cheadle could have as well. But now a young buck named Elijah Kelley may be up for it and I’m excited! 🤗

[@kiasky1]

No he could not. Chadwick was not a good actor. People try to paint him as a great actor because he died young of cancer.

[@newdan3469]

Dumb question... How did they record this interview back then? Did they prerecord the answers?

[@kevico2]

How was this aired? I mean this was (obviously) before "via satellite" or "SKYPE"...

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

no kidding

[@wolfchrt]

with signals

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

I used to think Sammy was ugly. But he's the opposite !

[@capricioushorse]

jacquelineandron Yes he was the opposite of ugly! And had a lot of charm too. I always thought he was so good looking, and when I was a little girl my mom and granny used to cut eyes at me whenever I said so!

[@eternallife2642]

such a beautiful spirit

[@bahons72]

Ed Murrow was so serious, formal and stiff.

[@ThePapasmurf1946]

This "interviewing" gig was a punishment he had to endure for not "toeing the line" for Bill Paley. He was not meant to be a television host, he was a journalist, and exceptionally serious about informing the public.

[@jv-ep2tc]

young people now should understand that these charming and talented individuals would not have been able to check into any hotel room in Boston MA. [and in many other cities as well]

[@ecclairmayo4153]

As evidenced by the way Davis consistently called the interviewer, "sir", while the interviewer called Davis by his first name. Sign of those times..

[@yoyo2ma520]

@@ecclairmayo4153 My heart broke for him when I read about how badly he was tormented during his army days by racist men in his barracks. But he got through that and was actually close to his drill sergeant who taught him how to read.

[@slabsides1]

Wow! He did the first episode of 'Cribs' in 1955:) The reason he loved firearms so much is because of his small size and all the racism and death threats he received. Makes perfect sence to me.

[@dionerhodes1308]

All i cud do is smile at this b'cuz it just brought so much joy 2 my heart & love. 2 know God made him SO STRONG 2 represent his black culture. Just wonderful. 👏👏💖💖🙏🙏

[@AudioInklined]

this is like the original "Cribs".

[@Blackjesus3]

YOU WERE THE MAN SAMMY

[@normanmunns4743]

Quit simply a lovely man Polite, articulate and kind ( and of course extremely talented ) They don,t make em like that any more

[@michaeltheewolf]

29 and his demeanor is amazing well spoken and u can hear that he is truly intelligent… He was really a superstar!

[@saalihah]

The Best to ever do it.

[@mariaorsic9763]

Sammy Davis Jr. was a saint. He had no equal. His degree of humility staggers me. Second only to his talent! He could fit the rat pack in his little toe!

[@slabsides1]

Too bad the I.R.S. took everything he had before they could even bury him.

[@lendrury2771]

Wow what a part of entertainment history Sammy was quite a guy Talented yet very humble

[@CK1223]

thank u r.i.p sammy

[@creditorclass6513]

Most Def for the biopic

[@edwardwright7295]

I was thinking Tommy Davidson from the TV show In Living Color. He gives a good impersonation of Sammy Davis jr.

[@ciadella1971]

I wish i could of seen Sammy and The Rat Pack live....

[@timothyjackson7965]

I still think they, the cigarettes, are a staple of the times and can still be 'classy' in certain situations. Depends on who/where/when it is being smoked. There is no arguing that smoking is not healthy and will most likely lead to some sort of cancer. But we all die....like Frank said, "You better love living baby, because dying is a pain in the ass!" ---that's my mantra for living. To each his own though, my friend.

[@nickcooper1693]

Agreed but 4 packs a day is a little much even in showbiz

[@rockyracoon3233]

@@nickcooper1693 4 packs in a week is too much!

[@eternity812]

Will Masters Sammys uncle sounds and looks a lot like Joe Jackson I wonder if they are related?

[@drawforyou]

this is classic! Truly great show business history

[@queenettajones5510]

He is so handsome ❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊

[@leetylr]

Totally Agree x

[@alberttatlock5237]

When you hear about all these entertainers claiming they were ripped off, and you see them living in multimillion dollar homes with private jets, large collections of expensive cars and dripping with diamonds and gold, you got to wonder how they can sit there and claimed to be hard done by. Sammy has never once said this and has always been brutally honest about everything, he never tried to blame other people for his drug problem or anything and has always excepted his mistakes as his own fault. Fun fact, Sammy was earning 500 bucks a week in the Will Matheson trio when he was a teenager, that's equal to approx $8000 A week In today's money, by the time this was made he was earning 5 times that

[@capricioushorse]

Albert Tatlock Agree! He always remained humble and kind, made it through so many hardships and some mistakes of his own making and never blamed anyone else. He always expressed gratitude for what he did have and remained true to his friends and true to himself. I heard he was about broke at the end but never heard him complaining about it.

[@elizabethpease947]

Capricious Horse : He had a tracheotomy, He couldn’t complain. All he could do at that point was ring a bell when he needed help, and make hand signals to say what he had to say..

[@winniejohnson5559]

Albert Tatlock outstanding 👏👏

[@Bright-It]

Love, love that haircut!

[@amyknox123]

why are sammy and the interviewer sitting so far apart?

[@oliverburke]

Interesting how cigarettes are featured in this. Hanging out there, but not visibly being smoked (at least for the bit I saw). You don't see that nowadays.

[@wilhe001]

I knew Sammy personally. He always had s bowl of various cigarettes sitting on the coffee table for anyone to have. You would never see this today.

[@rockyracoon3233]

@@wilhe001 Had he not smoked he would have lived much longer!:'(

[@SOULRELIEF22]

St John 3:16! 💗

[@madamerotten]

6:21 - Note the modern computer display in front of Sammy. He was one of the first entertainers to own a personal computer.

[@5r248]

madamerotten seriously, it’s a chair.

[@neptunes297]

Those didn't even exist back then! 😂😂😂

[@ecclairmayo4153]

Unmm..that's a chair

[@JohnJones-cp4wh]

This was filmed before even transistors became the new thing.

[@pagalley1]

Sam's dad reminds me of Tupac Shakur...Sam was a handsome man...The car accident must've paled in comparison to Sam losing his left eye due to an accident...I've always admired Sammy as a performer, because he was so brilliant, and consistently so...Using modern references, he was kind of like the Michael Jackson of music, the Eddie Murphy of comedy and the Savion Glover of dancing...He was a triple threat..Sammy had a cigarette in hand on What's My Line? and on this show..Was he a chain-smoker?

[@elizabethpease947]

Patrick Gallimore : He lost his left eye in the car accident in November, 1954. This interview was a year later.

[@MondoBeno]

What happened to his kids?

[@paulk7390]

He has his family in his life, that's the problem with kids is they have no fathers, barely mothers and a 28 year old grandmother. Doesn't matter if your black, it's the lack of family that's the problem.

[@tallchicknvegas]

SDJ is one of the greatest entertainers, even better than Frank Sinatra because he danced too. I love how Frank Sinatra stood up for black entertainers. He helped them break down walls.

[@Patsy_Parisi]

They went through 8 packs of cigarettes in half an hour.

[@sunnybeeSue]

i remember watching the Brando Mansion episode

[@nolanwalls9894]

Never seem this wow!!!

[@Twentythousandlps]

Will Mastin was 46 years older than Sammy. 😮 That impromptu opening, "interrupting" Sammy, is SO stupid.

[@kiaragriffin8468]

My God, he looks so handsome 🤌🏾

[@marqueematthews4949]

Sammy Davis Jr. Was A Cool Son-A-B!÷%#..

[@jamescastro8317]

H was only 30 years old right hear.

[@felinefokus]

29

[@elizabethpease947]

James Castro : He didn’t turn 30 until Dec.8, 1955. This was done Nov. 4, 1955. At least he has his dad and ‘uncle’ in the first part of the interview with him.

[@ecclairmayo4153]

You would never know it by the way the interviewer kept calling him "boy" and referring to him in his first name. Then, Davis calls him "sir" in return. Sadly, those were the times..

[@speedoflite1]

fav part: what kind of gun? lol...then you hear a SHOT!

[@robertbrawley5048]

Darn it, wanted to see his collection of single action Colts. I'm not really interested in his Brooks Brothers Jacket

[@annechris2677]

When you read what he went thru in the US Army...just shocking

[@drobiness]

The interviewer was a sarcastic jerk! Mocking Sammy on several occasions...

[@ecclairmayo4153]

The worst part is Davis calling hin sir, while he called Dacis by his first name...but those were the times..

[@JustBeYouooh]

How good looking was he as a young man? I noticed his dads bottom lip would curl inwards when he spoke...weird...and who else thought “wow how things have changed ...people smoking on tv in interviews...watch Johnny Carson had it all the time.

[@thedarksideoftheforce6658]

He was 29 during this about to turn 30.

[@celesterob7068]

Sammy's dad was a handsome man ........

[@annechris2677]

He took the bad accident so well

[@mslgizzle]

Omg so where in tf have this P2P with SAMMY DJ been HIDING AT BRO IM LIGHTWEIGHT MAD 😳😨😭😩...😍🥰💘💘

[@garywright313]

Sammy was great ! I had a problem with the interviewer with that "boy" crap but it was 1955 so racism was more blantant then !

[@suem6004]

Gary Wright I wish I had a 12 room house. So much for racism. He did better than most

[@rockyracoon3233]

Gary Wright. The context and tone was not in anyway malicious.

[@elizabethpease947]

Gary Wright : Maybe to Edward R. Murrow, Sammy was a ‘boy’ at 29.

[@ecclairmayo4153]

And Davis kept calling him "sir"..while the interview called him by his first name. Sign of those times..

[@ecclairmayo4153]

@@rockyracoon3233 - doesn't have to be. The MAN was 30 years old.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

SAMMY DAVIS JR 08 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1925 16 DE MAYO DE 1990 64 AÑOS

[@MIKESOWELL]

@pagalley1 I think he smoked four packs a day.

[@JoeWellington]

I had a hard time finding it myself. You'll find it at youtube here /watch?v=F0dp6OxCCAk&list=UUAhEXFADQ22-aD9rmeUzTmg&index=36

[@manuelberroa7872]

lo único malo era esa promoción de fumar en público y lo mas irónico fue que todo murieron de ploblema del tasbasquimo

[@Yarinahh1]

He Was Great RIP

[@nolanwalls9894]

Wow u amazing! Stupid as to Li es this is how it's done